Alaska has a population of 741,894 people with a median age of 33.5 and a median household income of $76,440. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Alaska grew from 738,432 to 741,894, a 0.47% increase and its median household income grew from $73,355 to $76,440, a 4.21% increase.

The population of Alaska is 61%White, 14.1%Native, and 7.54%Two+. 16.5% of the people in Alaska speak a non-English language, and 96.7% are U.S. citizens.

The median property value in Alaska is $267,800, and the homeownership rate is 64.5%. Most people in Alaska commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 17 minutes. The average car ownership in Alaska is 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Alaska is $76,440. Males in Alaska have an average income that is 1.33 times higher than the average income of females, which is $49,509. The income inequality of Alaska (measured using the Gini index) is 0.427 which is lower than the national average.

Households in Alaska have a median annual income of $76,440, which is more than the median annual income in the United States. This is in comparison to a median income of $73,355 in 2015, which represents a 4.21% annual growth. Look at the chart to see how the median household income in Alaska compares to that in the United States.

In 2016 the highest paid race/ethnicity of Alaska workers was White. These workers were paid 1.07 times more than Black or African American workers, who made the second highest salary of any race/ethnicity.

This chart shows the race- and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in Alaska.

In 2016, the income inequality in Alaska was 0.427 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 6.49% decline from 2015 to 2016, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even.

The 2016GINI for Alaska is lower than the national average of 0.485. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Alaska in comaprison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in various wage buckets compared to the national average.

9.9% of the population in Alaska (723,968 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 14%. The largest demographic living in poverty is Female 25-34, followed by Female 18-24 and then Male 25-34.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Alaska is White, followed by American Indian and Hispanic or Latino.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

From 2015 to 2016, employment in Alaska declined at a rate of 1.1%, from 350,402 employees to 346,564 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Alaska, are Construction, Elementary & secondary schools, and Restaurants & Food Services. This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Alaska, though some of these residents may live in Alaska and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Alaska. In Alaska the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 86 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $6,970. Bethel Census Area, AK has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Alaska.

Alaska residents 6-17 years of age are the largest age group with Healthcare Coverage in Alaska. The age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, for men and women respectively. Nationally, 6-17 (for men) and 6-17 (for women) are the age groups most likely to have coverage.

Medicare Reimbursements per Enrollee in Alaska were $6,970 in 2014, but $6,875 in 2013. These numbers represent a 1.38% growth during that year. Medicare Reimbursements per Enrollee in Alaska are $$2,618 less than the national average.

Medicare is a Federal program which provides health benefits to older Americans. This chart shows how per enrollee amounts have changed in Alaska compared to national reimburesments.

In 2014, the Medicare enrollees in Alaska between the ages of 65 and 75 had 3,617 eye exams, 4,873 hemoglobin tests, and 4,235 lipid tests as part of their diabetes care. Here is a breakdown of each test by race as a percentage of enrollees with diabetes.

In 2014, out of the 6,025 women in Alaska between the ages of 67 and 69 enrolled in medicare, 3,328 had mammograms. This chart looks at the change in percentage of Black and non-Black Medicare enrollees who had mammograms from 2010 to 2014.

West Virginia has a Opioid Overdose Death Rate (Age-Adjusted) value of 43.4, followed by New Hampshire with 35.8 and Ohio with 32.9. The following map shows all of the states colored according to their Opioid Overdose Death Rate (Age-Adjusted).

According to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK has a Diabetes Prevalence value of 8.9%, the highest value of any county in Alaska. This represents a 3.49% growth from the previous year, which had a value of 8.6%.

The following map shows all of the counties in Alaska colored according to their Diabetes Prevalence.

According to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Nome Census Area, AK has a Adult Smoking Prevalence of 32.8%, the highest value of any county in Alaska. This represents a 7.08% decline from the previous year, which had a value of 35.3%.

The following map shows all of the counties in Alaska colored according to their Adult Smoking Prevalence.

According to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Bethel Census Area, AK has a Homicide Deaths per 100,000 People of 12.2, the highest rate of any county in Alaska. This represents a 1.61% decline from the previous year, which had a value of 12.4.

The following map shows all of the counties in Alaska colored according to the number of Homicide Deaths per 100,000 People.

Alaska is home to a population of 741,894 people, from which 96.7% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Alaska is composed of 452,757White residents (61%), 104,362Native residents (14.1%), 55,961Two+ residents (7.54%), 51,304Hispanic residents (6.92%), and 44,235Asian residents (5.96%). The most common foreign languages in Alaska are Other Native North American (30,197 speakers), Spanish (23,555 speakers), and Tagalog (15,718 speakers), but compared to other places, Alaska has a relative high number of Other Native North American (30,197 speakers), Hmong (3,598 speakers), and Other Pacific Island (6,806 speakers).

In 2016, the median age of all people in Alaska was 33.5. Native-born citizens, with a median age of 32.3, were generally younger than foreign-born citizens, with a median age of 46.1. But people in Alaska are getting getting older. In 2015, the average age of all Alaska residents was 33.3.

In 2016, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Alaska was Philippines, the natal country of 19,480 Alaska residents, followed by Germany with 4,697 and Korea with 4,542.

When compared to other states, Alaska has a relatively high number of residents that were born in Macedonia. In 2016, there were 578 people from Macedonia living in Alaska, approximately 9.16 times more than would be expected based on national averages.

As of 2016, 96.7% of Alaska residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93%. In 2015, the percentage of US citizens in Alaska was 96.5%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been growing in that location.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Alaska compared to it's parent geographies.

In 2016, there were 4.34 times more White residents (452,757 people) in Alaska than any other race or ethnicity. There were 104,362Native and 55,961Two+ residents, the second and third most common racial or ethnic groups.

The following bar chart shows the 8 races and ethnicities represented in Alaska as a share of the total population.

109,878 of Alaska citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is lower than the national average of 21.6%. In 2015, the most common non-English language spoken in Alaska was Other Native North American. 4.07% of the overall population of Alaska are native Other Native North American speakers. 3.17% speak Spanish and 2.12% speak Tagalog, the next two most common languages.

When compared to other states, Alaska has a relatively high number of residents that are native Other Native North American speakers. In 2015, there were 30,197 native Other Native North American speakers living in Alaska, approximately 68.87 times more than would be expected based on the language's frequency in the US more broadly.

In 2015 universities in Alaska awarded 7,346 degrees. The student population of Alaska is skewed towards females, with 2,679 male students and 4,667 female students. Most students in Alaska are White (4,059 and 55.3%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (864 and 11.8%), American Indian (671 and 9.1%), and Unknown (579 and 7.88%). The largest universities in Alaska by number of graduates are University of Alaska Anchorage (2,561 and 34.9%), Charter College-Anchorage (1,656 and 22.5%), and University of Alaska Fairbanks (1,526 and 20.8%). The most popular majors in Alaska are Medical Assistant (697 and 9.5%), Dental Assisting (270 and 3.68%), and Welding Technology (154 and 2.1%). The median tuition costs in Alaska are $19,900 for private four year colleges, and $5,936 and $19,628 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

In 2015, the most common concentation for 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Alaska was Medical Assistant with 697 graduates.

When compared to other states, Alaska has a relatively high number of students obtaining a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate in Livestock Management. In 2015, there were 2 graduates, which is approximately 10.82 times more than would be expected based on the national percentage of students who graduate with a Livestock Management degree.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate from schools in Alaska according to their major.

In 2015 the majority of students graduating from institutions in Alaska were White. These 4,059 graduates mean that there were 4.7 times more White graduates than the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 864 graduates.

The median property value in Alaska is $267,800, which is 1.31 times larger than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value increased from $259,600 to $267,800, a 3.16% increase. The homeownership rate of Alaska is 64.5%, which is higher than the national average of 63.1%. People in Alaska have an average commute time of 17 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Alaska is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$76,440

Median Household Income

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248,468

Number of Households

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In 2016, the median household income of the 248,468 households in Alaska grew to $76,440 from the previous year's value of $73,355.

The following chart displays the households in Alaska distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75-$100k range.

In 2016, the median property value in Alaska grew to $267,800 from the previous year's value of $259,600.

The following charts display, first, the property values in Alaska compared to other geographies and, second, owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property value buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Alaska the largest share of households have a property value in the $300k-$400k range.

This chart shows the households in Alaska distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Alaska the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The following chart displays the households in Alaska distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Alaska have 2 cars, followed by 3 cars.

Using averages, employees in Alaska have a shorter commute time (17 minutes) than the normal US worker (25.3 minutes). Additionally, 1.47% of the workforce in Alaska have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows the average travel time in Alaska compared to the United States.